was surprised to finds the following footage on youtube which appears to show Enrich Weiss – better known as Harry Houdini, flying his Voisin Canard Biplane.
He flew the first powered flight in Australia in this aircraft at Diggers Rest in Victoria, on 18th March 1910.
The title apparantly refers to the film being of Houdini flying in Sydney at Rosehill Racecourse where he apparantly later flew on 25th April 1910
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Gi1mLlW70
more can be learnt about Houdini and his claim as th first to fly in Australia at these links below
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/houdini_bio.html
http://www.aarg.com.au/Aviation-EarlyAustralian.htm
regards
Mark Pilkington
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August 21, 2007 at 12:57 pm